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Liz Goldsmith

Webinar: Installing, Terminating, and Testing High-Density Fiber-Optic Cable

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As fiber-optic cabling continues to grow in popularity, it is being installed in more types of environments than ever before. Some of these environments have inherent restrictions on or challenges to routing, installation, termination, and verification practices. While some recommended practices apply across a broad range of applications and environments, other fiber deployments require unique or specialized practices. This webcast looks at fiber deployment in different environments, including an examination of multiple termination styles, proper test procedures, cleaning processes, and inspection techniques.

Report: COVID-19 disruptions will drop 5G network infrastructure revenues by 10%

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COVID-19 pandemic disruptions will cause 2020 5G network infrastructure revenues to fall by as much as 10% of a forecasted US $2.1 billion, according to global technology market advisory firm ABI Research. As stated by the analyst, “The outbreak of COVID-19 has created a crippling effect, not only on service industries, but also on manufacturing enterprises, including 5G infrastructure vendors.”

AFL engineers 3D-printed face shields for COVID-19 frontline workers

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AFL is supporting efforts in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by creating face shields for the medical industry.Using 3D printing technology, more than 100 face shields engineered by the manufacturer have been sent to local hospitals in South Carolina, including the Spartanburg Medical Center, Pelham Medical Center and another upstate hospital, with more expected to be printed and dispersed.

HARTING Americas announces launch of breakthrough Single Pair Ethernet technology

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Harting Americas has launched their Single Pair Ethernet technologies.SPE communicates across the common industrial Ethernet protocols available today but instead of using 4 or 8 total wires, it accomplishes communication across just two wires, a single twisted pair. It uses Power over Data Line technology to bring communication to the device along with the voltage and amperage needed to power the device. This is hugely beneficial for three reasons:. First, space and number of connections are reduced on the device. Second, the need for an external power supply is eliminated. Finally, devices on the plant floor that have traditionally communicated over Fieldbus protocols can now join the same IP-based network that the rest of the devices on the network are using. This enables peer-to-peer communication, open-loop feedback of all devices, and smart functionality all the way from the main control room down to the individual device.

What is a Smart building?

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A Smart Building is defined as ‘a structure embedded or retrofitted with internet-connected devices and appliances’.   Smart buildings have a lot of reported benefits including increased efficiency, reduced utility costs and simplifying daily life for tenants. Smart buildings achieve these benefits by using sensors and actuators to collect and manage data according to the business’ services and functions. The effectiveness of smart buildings centre on the use of interconnected technologies to make buildings more intelligent and responsive which as a result can improve their performance and optimise how space is used.

How Facility Management Can Keep Up in the Digital Age

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Facility management, like every other business field, is undergoing digital transformation. Learn about facility management in the digital age. This guide addresses the basics of facility management, top technology developments affecting the field from building automation systems to big data; and the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation in facility management.
 

7 Ways Smart Buildings are Changing Commercial Real Estate

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Smart building technology has a profound effect on many industries, such as manufacturing, as well as the commercial real estate market. Today’s businesses are looking for more than an empty building that they house their equipment in. The smart building features are as much of a selling point as the location. Here are seven other ways that smart buildings are changing commercial real estate: Expanding options, fully Integrated systems, Adapting to tenants’ technology requirements, improving environmental friendliness, and better automation due to versatile IoT sensors.

Smart Buildings – Digital has the power to create ‘living’ workspaces  

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.A truly smart building is able to communicate across different systems and services to allow the occupier to make the best possible decisions, whether automatically or by intervening. There is still a way to go before connected buildings becomes the norm, but building efficiency can be increased by an average of around 40-50% across the main cities in the world.

40Gb/s 100m QSFP+, Bi-Di, Duplex LC multimode fiber optic QSFP+ transceiver

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Soptco has introduced a Four-Channel, Pluggable, LC Duplex, Fiber-Optic QSFP+ Transceiver for 40 Gigabit Ethernet Applications. This high-performance transceiver integrates four electrical data lanes in each direction into transmission over a single LC duplex fiber optic cable. The transceiver internally multiplexes an XLPPI 4x10G interface into two 20Gb/s electrical channels, transmitting and receiving each optically over one simplex LC fiber using bi-directional optics. Link distances up to 100 m using OM3 and 150m using OM4 optical fiber are supported. These modules operate over multimode fiber systems using a nominal wavelength of 850nm on one end and 900nm on the other end.